Paisley says his most hated job was his college internship at Fitzgerald Hartley, an artist management company located on Wedgewood, and he explains he didn’t even get paid for his suffering. In fact, now he pays them.

“I’m not kidding, it was the worst internship of my entire time at Belmont,” says Paisley, who is now managed by the company. “It was horrible and I quit that one, and I said, ‘I’ll never be managed by them.’ So, never say never.’”

But if it’s a contest about whose job was the worst, McGraw wins – his past work experience is riddled with manual labor in the Louisiana heat, sometimes with snakes to keep him company.

“Picking tomatoes in Louisiana (was my worst job),” McGraw says. “I mean I had a lot of bad jobs, pulling coffee weeds in rice fields is not a good job either, especially with water moccasins everywhere. But, picking tomatoes was a pretty nasty job.”

These days both men have moved up in the world. Paisley recently charted his 22nd No. 1 song with “Beat This Summer” and McGraw celebrated his 34th chart topper with “Highway Don’t Care.” Paisley’s new single “I Can’t Change the World” and McGraw’s “Southern Girl” are now at country radio.